How to install Roundcubemail on Your server

WARNING: This application is ALPHA software. Use at your own risk

I found roundcube mail while searching projects on freshmeat. Already in Alpha stage is runs very nice, has a great template system and uses xhtml/css 2 (although the xhtml could be strict and much better) the default template is great. It currently lacks a search but that is coming in the future.

http://www.roundcube.net/

So lets get started.
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1) Create a mysql db via direct admin. I called mine admin_webmail (you should all know how to do this!)

2) Download and unpack the package:

code:


cd /var/www/html

wget http://easynews.dl.sourceforge.net/...20051007.tar.gz

tar xvfz roundcube_webmail_0.1-20051007.tar.gz

3) Ensure proper permissions of the folders:

code:

chown -R root.root roundcubemail

cd roundcubemail

chown -R apache logs temp

4) Import their SQL file:

code:

cd SQL

//replace the following with the database username
and password you created in step 1

mysql -u admin_webmail -p
Enter Password: *******

Once in, import their SQL file:

code:

use admin_webmail

SOURCE mysql.initial.sql

now the import should be complete.

5) Setup db config variables

code:

cd ../config/

nano db.inc.php

all you have to do here is change the "$rcmail_config['db_dsnw'] = " config information, mine looks like this:

code:

$rcmail_config['db_dsnw'] = 'mysql://myWebmail:myPass@localhost/admin_webmail';

the format is: mysql://:@host/database_name

save that file and close it.

6) Setup the application config:

code:

nano main.inc.php

find this line:

code:

$rcmail_config['enable_caching'] = TRUE;

Replace with:

code:

$rcmail_config['enable_caching'] = FALSE;

next find:

code:

$rcmail_config['default_host'] = '';

replace with:

code:

$rcmail_config['default_host'] = 'localhost';

7) *optional* you may want to setup an apache alias, you can overwrite your current webmail one with the following:

Edit httpd.conf:

code:

nano /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Find this line:

code:

Alias /webmail /var/www/html/webmail/

Replace with:

code:

Alias /webmail /var/www/html/roundcubemail/

then restart apache

code:

/usr/sbin/service httpd restart

You are done!

Login @ http://www.domain.com/webmail/